TORONTO (CP) - Canadian Muslim leaders were urging their congregations to tune in to Tuesday night's debut of CBC's internationally hyped sitcom "Little Mosque on the Prairie."
"There are a lot of imams going around (suggesting) people watch (it)," said Mohamed Elmasry, president of the Canadian Islamic Congress and an imam himself. "I believe it's about time for Muslims to laugh at themselves - we are a latecomer into comedy."
"Little Mosque," set in the fictional town of Mercy, has received enormous media attention from news outlets including CNN, BBC Radio, The Associated Press and the New York Times. Much of the coverage has focused on the fact that the show is a comedy about Muslims set in a post 9-11 world....